Independent Irish broadcaster TV3, owned by private equity firm Doughty Hanson, is set to take over Channel 6 from its founders and a consortium of investors for an undisclosed sum. more
Boxer DTT Limited has been awarded the three national Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) multiplex contracts by The Broadcasting Commission of Ireland. more
Former Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism Seamus Brennan TD passed away in the early hours of this morning at his home in Churchtown, Dublin. He was 60 years old. more
The Irish Film Board has signed a co-production agreement with North Rhine-Westphalia’s regional film fund Filmstiftung NRW which is set to promote Irish and German film and documentary co-productions. more
The Irish Language Broadcast Fund has secured £6 million additional funding from the British Government which will see it through until 2011, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has confirmed. more
Ireland's new digital free-to-air film channel, proposed by the Irish Film Board, has been greenlit amid questions by the sector on the channel’s funding, programming and scheduling along with the impact this will have on new projects being funded by the Board. more
Irish broadcasting is set for a new single content regulator, called the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI), which will takeover the roles currently held by the Broadcasting Commission of Ireland and the Broadcasting Complaints Commission. more
Arrangements surrounding TV licensing in Ireland are set to receive a range of changes, Communications Minister Eamon Ryan announced yesterday. These changes will be brought about through the forthcoming Broadcasting Bill. more
The Irish Film Board has proposed a new Irish TV Channel dedicated to broadcasting the best of Irish, European and World Cinema, to the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources for inclusion in the new Broadcasting Bill, to be launched by Minister Eamon Ryan next month. more
The deadline for the Irish Film and Television Academy (IFTA) annual membership Early Bird discount is fast approaching - Irish film and TV professionals wishing to join the Academy membership can get a 10% discount if they apply before May 9th, 2008. more
The Irish Film and Television Academy (IFTA) has opened its annual membership for industry professionals wishing to become new Academy members. Irish professionals working in the film and TV industries are eligible to join - and the newly introduced Student Membership offers students a head start in the industry. more
Oscar winning screenwriter William Monahan (The Departed) has begun a screen adaptation of Irish novelist Ken Bruen’s crime drama ‘London Boulevard’. Monaghan plans to make his directorial debut on the pic. more
Minister Eamon Ryan attended the one year anniversary of the successful digital media enterprise development centre Media Cube at the Institute of Art, Design and Technology and announced that the IADT would be submitting a funding proposal to Enterprise Ireland to assist the expansion of its Dun Laoghaire facility. more
Bord Scannán na hÉireann / the Irish Film Board (IFB) is calling for professionals working within the Audio Visual Industry in Ireland to “Stand up and be Counted” and participate in a census, designed to help establish a new strategic plan for industry. more
Gréasán na Meán, part of the EO Teilifis network, are set to run two training courses for film and TV industry professionals in Spiddal, Galway over the coming months: Employment Law, on 7 April and DV One Person Unit Directing, begining12 April. more
Filmbase will hold a free information session on Legal and Insurance Matters in association with Philip Lee Solicitors and Aon Insurance on Tuesday 11th March, from 2.30 – 4.30pm. more
Sarah Glennie has been appointed the new Director of the Irish Film Institute.
Glennie will take up the full-time role in Autumn 2008, working with the IFI on a consultative basis until then. more
The 5th Annual Irish Film & Television Awards took place at Dublin’s Gaiety Theatre on Sunday 17th February 2008. In front of an audience of 850, host Ryan Tubridy guided proceedings to honour the finest Irish talent in film and television – with 'The Tudors', 'Kings' and 'Garage' taking home the most IFTA gold. more
